Warm Dust released 4 albums worth of material in two years (first album is a double). When Warm Dust are on, they play some of the finest jazz infused prog rock one can hear. Somewhere between fellow English groups Nucleus and If, when both are at their peak. There are some really beautiful grooves to be found here. Sometimes they're a bit too diverse for their own good, especially in their feeble attempts at free jazz or straight blues rock numbers. But the good outweighs the bad - especially on the first two albums.
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That review was an overview for all three of their albums, but could suffice for the debut as well. This double album does possess superb highs. Warm Dust are at their best when they lay down a sweet jazz groove followed by organ and flute. For whatever reason they occasionally throw in some atonal jazz soloing that ruins that flow, but it's fortunately scarce. There's two distinct blues rock tracks, with the second album's version being more to my taste. Overall I enjoyed a +1 listen as I was able to focus more on their positives rather than their missteps. And there's much more of the former.
Peace For Our Time. 1971 BASF
Need to review my LP copy.
Warm Dust. 1972 BASF
Their 3rd album is a significant drop off in quality from the first 2. Not near as progressive, and more standard rock fare.
Priority: 2 (for the first two albums)
10/19/09 (new entry); 6/9/24
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